Codebook for Schools of Thought Project

SoT_data.csv - Main dataset

1. obsid - Leader observation identification (Archigos)
2. ccode - Country code (COW)
3. name - Country name (COW)
4. idacr - Three letter country abbreviation (Archigos)
5. leader - Name of leader (Archigos)
6. university - University that leader attended
7. uni.country - Name of country where university is location
8. uni.countryabb - Three letter abbreviation for country where university is located
9. degree.type - Type of degree (BA, MA, PhD, etc), if known
10. uni.type - Mutually exclusive classification of university (Educational, Military, Religious, Vocational)
11. subject - Subject that leader specialized in at university
12. sub.econ - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in economics
13. sub.law - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in law
14. sub.socsci - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in a social science other than economics or law
15. sub.hum - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in the humanities
16. sub.other - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in a subject other than the social sciences and humanities
17. AngloAmer.edu - Binary indicator of whether leader studied at an Anglo-American university
18. euro.edu - Binary indicator of whether leader studied at an Other Western university, i.e. Western but not Anglo-American
19. noneuro.edu - Binary indicator of whether leader studied at a Hierarchical university, i.e. not Anglo-American or Other Western
20. AA.econ - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in economics at an Anglo-American university
21. noAA.econ - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in economics at a non-Anglo-American university
22. AA.law - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in law at an Anglo-American university
23. noAA.law - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in law at a non-Anglo-American university
24. AA.socsci - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in a social science other than economics or law at an Anglo-American university
25. noAA.socsci - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in a social science other than economics or law at a non-Anglo-American university
26. AA.hum - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in the humanities at an Anglo-American university
27. noAA.hum - Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in the humanities at a non-Anglo-American university
28. AA.other -  Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in a subject other than the social sciences and humanities at an Anglo-American university
29. noAA.other -  Binary indicator of whether leader specialization was in a subject other than the social sciences and humanities at a non-Anglo-American university
30. mil.edu - Binary indicator of whether leader studied at a military training school
31. none.edu - Binary indicator of whether leader did not attend either a university or military school
32. AAmil.edu - Binary indicator of whether leader studied at a military training school in an Anglo-American country
33. noAAmil.edu - Binary indicator of whether leader studied at a military training school in a non-Anglo-American country
34. tenure - Length of leader spell in office (in years) (Archigos)
35. us_ally - binary indicator of whether country has a defense pace with the US at start of leader spell (ATOP)
35. UK_col - binary indicator of whether country was formerly a colony of the UK (ICOW)
36. oil - binary indicator of whether oil exceeds 1/3 of country's total exports at start of leader spell (Gibler and Miller 2014)
37. rgdppc - Country's real GDP/capita at start of leader spell (Gleditsch 2002)
38. pop - Country's population at start of leader spell (Gleditsch 2002)
39. EthFrac - Country's degree of ethnic fractionalization at start of leader spell (Drazanova 2020, Gibler and Miller 2014)
40. xconstV - Country's degree of institutional executive constraints at start of leader spell (V-Dem)
41. change.LJI - Change in rule of law from start to end of leader's tenure (Linzer and Staton 2015)
42. change.kaopen - Change in financial openness from start to end of leader's tenure (Chinn and Ito 2006)
43. change.trade.liberal - Binary indicator of whether leader liberalized trade during their tenure (Wacziarg and Welch 2008)
44. change.libdem - Change in liberal democracy from start to end of leader's tenure (V-Dem)
45. change.hrscore - Change in human rights protections from start to end of leader's tenure (Fariss 2014)
46. start.trade.liberal - Binary indicator of whether trade was liberal at start of leader tenure (Wacziarg and Welch 2008)
47. start.LJI - Rule of law score at start of leader tenure (Linzer and Staton 2015)
48. start.kaopen - Financial openness score at start of leader tenure (Chinn and Ito 2006)
49. start.libdem - Liberal democracy score at start of leader tenure (V-Dem)
50. start.hrscore - Human rights protections score at start of leader tenure (Fariss 2014)
51. startyear - Year leader started tenure (Archigos)
52. last.full.yr - Last full year of leader tenure (Archigos)
53. yr.prior.entr - Year prior to leader starting tenure
54. region - Region where country is located (COW)
55. decade - Decade when leader started tenure

In the following datasets, most variables are the same as above. Below, we describe unique variables to a specific dataset.

SoT_LEAD.csv - Subsample of SoT_data overlapping with LEAD dataset

32. parent_elite - Binacy indicator of whether leader comes from an elite family, based on father's occupation
33. boarding - Binary indicator of whether leader attending a boarding school (LEAD)

SoT_natdeath.csv - Subsample of SoT_data for leaders whose predecessor died of natural causes while in office

9. start.imports.tottrade - Imports as percent of total trade as start of leader tenure
10. change.imports.tottrade -  Change in imports as a percent of total trade from start to end of leader's tenure


